Post-binder.



L. SENGB.

POST BINDER.'

Patented Nov. 3,-1908.

UNITED STATS PATENT LIBORIUS SENGE, OF CRESCENT SPRINGS, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE-WERNICKE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

POST-BINDER.

No. 902,612. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed May 21, 1908. Serial No. 434,150.

To all 107mm it may concern: tions with relation to these posts the clutches Be it known that I, LrBonI'us SENGE, a and consequently the cover are released so 55 citizen of the United States, residing at that they may be freely moved along the Crescent Springs, in the county of Kenton posts. The normal tendency of the clutches and State of Kentucky, have invented ceris to engage the posts, this tendency being tain new and useful Improvements in Postdue to the action of the blade spring 7 ex- Binders, of which the following is a full, erting its influence on the clutches and the re- 60 clear, and exact description, reference being leased position of the clutches is secured by had to the accompanying drawing, forming pressing downward upon the outer free ends 10 part of this specification. of the clutches to overcome the resistance of M invention relates to binding files or "he blade spring 7. loose leaf binders generally known to the In service the cover 3 is removed from 65 trade as post binders wherein any number the binder by grasping the edges thereof adof letters, bills or other sheets may be jacent to the clutches and at the same time bound; and it has for its object the producdepressing the clutches thereby releasing tion of binder of this class which is simple them from the posts whereupon the cover in construction, cheap to produce and exis readily removed from the posts. The pa 70 *eedingly efficient in action. pers or sheets to be filed having been suit- The no -relty of my invention will be hereably perforated are then strung upon the 2 inafter more fully set forth and specifically posts and the cover replaced thereupon and Jointed out in the claims. snugly pressed down upon the contents of In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 the binder. Immediately upon releasing the 75 is a perspective view of a post binder emclutches the action of the blade spring 7 bel'iodying my invention, and partly filled with comes effective to cause the engagement of sheets. Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing the clutches with the posts to retain the the general arrangement of the parts of the cover in the position it occupied when the clamping mechanism. clutches were released. 80

The same numerals of reference are used By reference to Fig. 2 the position of ento indicate identical parts in both the figures. gagement of the clutches is shown in solid In the drawing 1 represents the usual or lines and the position of disengagement of any suitable base provided wlth and carryone thereof is shown in dotted lines on the ing the posts 2 2. The posts pass through right hand side of the figure. suitable openings in the cover 3 which is Having thus fully described my invention of the usual construction. Secured to the I claim:

35 upper surface of the cover 3 is a plate 4: pro- 1. In a post binder, the combination of a vided with openings registering with the base, posts carried thereby, a cover adapted openings in the cover 3 for the passage thereto be strung upon said posts, tilting clutches 90 through of the posts 2 2, and this plate a carried by said cover and adapted to engage has loosely riveted to it, as at 5, a pair of said posts, an extension upon each of said clutches 6, one for each post, said clutches tilting clutches beyond their point of enhaving their adjacent ends normally pressed gagement with said posts, said extensions toward the plate 4: by the blade spring 7 being formed to receive and be alined by a 95 which is riveted, as shown, to the plate 4 at spring, a spring secured to said cover at or or near its middle. near its middle and having its free ends en- The clutches 6 are perforated to permit of gaging the extensions of said tilting clutches the passage of the posts 2 2 tl'ierethrough to cause the engagement thereof with said and are of such shape at these perforations posts, substantially as described. that when tilted or angled in certain ways 2. In a post binder, the combination of a with relation to the posts a pinching action base, posts carried thereby, a cover adapted is set up to prevent movement of the clutches to bestrung upon said posts, tilting clutches and consequently the cover along the posts carried by said cover and attached thereto in a direction away from the bottom 1, and f at points in line with and a greater distance 105 that when tilted or angled in other direcl apart than said posts, said clutches being adapted to engage said posts, an extension 1 extensions of said tilting clutches to cause upon each of said tilting clutches beyond the engagement thereof with said p0sts,subtheir point of engagement with said posts, stentially as described.

said extensions being formed to receive and LIBORI US SENGE. be ahned by a sprlng, a sprlng secured to ltnessesz said cover in hne wlth and between said E. Z. BEAGG,

posts and having its free ends engaging the LOUISE PLOOI-I. 

